Learn From The Best
WEDNESDAY
6TH AUGUST 2008
BRAESIDE
A feature of this workshop
will be a session with
world renown author
Gary Langenwalter and
a facilitated waste walk
and dumpster dive at
Carrier Airconditioning
utilising a sustainability self
assessment tool.
The Sustainable Organisation
Key questions business leaders and
improvement champions are asking:
Is the level of consumption of resources in our
organisation sustainable?
Is our Lean Manufacturing program losing momentum?
Do we know our Triple Bottom Line?
This one day program will help leaders create a vision and
understanding for how they can link their manufacturing
excellence programs with environmental sustainability and
move beyond compliance towards becoming a truly ‘Sustainable
Organisation’
The program includes an overview and an awareness session by
an international facilitator, combined with a practical on-site visit
and discussion of ‘where-to’.
Participants will complete a self-assessment, discuss specific
actions and develop a plan that can lead their organisation
towards future sustainability goals and outcomes.
Proudly supported by
MANUFACTURING
BEST PRACTICE PROGRAM
sensei @ i2e.org.au
 “A good company delivers excellent
products and services, and a great
company does all that and strives to
make the world a better place.”
William Ford, Jr., CEO, Ford Motor Company

Is the level of consumption of resources in your organisation sustainable?

This is more than topical, for some organisations this question alone is critical
to on-going business survival. The Sustainable Organisation is more than an
ultruistic ‘feel-good’ goal, it is a sharp-edged business imperative.

Is your Lean Manufacturing program losing momentum?

Excellence programs have focussed primarily on the elimination of waste from

our manufacturing processes. Lean manufacturing programs can be expanded
to include sustainability themes, and equally the tools and techniques of lean
manufacturing can be adapted and applied to sustainability improvement
projects.

Do you know your Triple Bottom Line?

The business case for the ‘Sustainable Organisation’ is best understood by

measuring the Triple Bottom Line. A lean philosophy looks mostly at the bottom
line while sustainability adds two bottom lines – people and planet. Sustainability
also embraces the three Rs – respect, relationship and responsibility.
Improvement begins by measuring your current state performance.

Facilitated by International Sensei, Gary Langenwalter and Ian Young …

World renown author, sustainability champion, and partner of ConfluencePoint,

Gary Langenwallter is based in Portland Oregon - a North American epicentre of
sustainability.

While describing himself as an environmentalist since the 7th grade, Gary

is also an experienced Lean Manufacturing practitioner having worked with
organisations large and small, including RR Donnelley, the US Navy Supply
Corps and Hasbro.

As Program Director of the Manufacturing Best Practice Program … focused on

developing tomorrow’s manufacturing leaders, Ian Young has also developed
and assisted organizations to implement the ‘Lean to Green’ approach including
Davey Water Products (2008 Premier’s Sustainability award winner), Kraft
Foods, Amcor and Olex Australia.

sensei @ i2e.org.au
The Squeeze … a novel
approach to business
sustainability
“The Squeeze” tells the story of a fight
for survival of a small, family-owned
Midwest manufacturer. Barely breaking
AGENDA
even despite switching to a leaner
format, Brookings Manufacturing is
feeling squeezed by its competitors
whose prices are 25 percent less, its 8.30 am: Coffee on arrival
employees who have trust issues, the
bank that questions the company’s 9.00 am: Welcome and Introductions
ability to pay back loans and the
EPA, which is citing the company for 9.15 am: The Sustainable Organisation – Gary Langenwalter
violations.

Its new CEO, Adam Brookings, finds 10.45 am: Coffee Break
himself at a crossroads: He can sell
the barely profitable business and 11.15 am: Dumpster Dive and Waste Walk at Carrier
leave the fate of his lifetime friends
and co-workers to chance, move 200 Walk with a Sensei through the Carrier Value Streams
manufacturing jobs overseas and
substantially affect the local community 12.45 pm: Return to conference centre for Lunch
or try something new.
1.30 pm: Analyse and Review the Waste stream at Carrier
Brookings turns the company around
by implementing sustainability, which 2.45 pm: Coffee Break
goes beyond lean and secures future
success for the organisation. 3.15 pm: Self Assesment of your organisation - Ian Young

If you’re serious about leading, 4.00 pm Plan for Action

changing and improving the
culture in your business, do not 4.40 pm: Closing Remarks.
miss this event!
4.45 pm: Close

Lean to Green is committed to

assisting the development of
Sustainable Organisations by
linking manufacturing Best Practice
with the Triple Bottom Line
NOTE
The workshop will commence and conclude at the
Dingley International Conference Centre and includes a hosted visit to
Carrier Airconditioning located 5 minute drive from the Centre.

WHAT YOU TAKEAWAY

Insights to Excellence (i2e) Ltd • A signed copy of the Squeeze.
is a not-for-profit organisation • A set of conference notes including a Lean and green resource guide.
established to foster and
promote an awareness of • Guidelines and checklists to help direct and maintain improvements.
excellence and best practice
• A Sustainable Organisation self assessment tool.
within the Victorian business
community.

sensei @ i2e.org.au
 Insight with a Sensei
The Sustainable
Organisation
Wednesday 6th August 2008
9.00am to 4.30pm
Cost: $450 (plus GST)
Group discounts available contact Archie on:
1800 007 730 or 0417 9191 43
Where: Dingley International Conference Centre
Refreshments provided: Light lunch, morning and afternoon
refreshments, and continuous coffee and tea.
*All participants will receive of a signed copy of the Squeeze.
The Sustainable Organisation - Registration Form / Tax Invoice
Insights to Excellence ABN 26 118 043 100
Please complete and return this form or a photocopy with
payment by Friday July 25th 2008

Please book on line at www.i2e.org.au or fax (03-93915450) back this page with your credit card number

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